I'm generally not a fan of the overtly didactic storytelling style, and this is no exception. But this was recommended to me very strongly, and I didn't want to discourage the effort at sharing. At least I knew going in so I was prepared.

I basically had to just plow through this on lunch breaks. I didn't feel like dedicating any of my good evening reading time to it. The writing is clumsy, and the story is pretty much just a hook to hang an ideology on. I appreciated that it made an attempt at rejecting much of organized religion, although it was also very confused in how it accepted or included other world religions. In other words it was still very much coming from an Americanized Christian viewpoint.

There were a few scenes that were touching and heartfelt, so not all was bad, and that's why I gave it two stars and not just one, but you do have to dig through most of the book to find them hidden. I wouldn't recommend it just for those moments.